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Driver Magician provides a professional solution for backing up, restoring, updating, and removing device drivers in Windows. It automatically detects all hardware components in your system, extracts their corresponding drivers from the hard disk, and securely backs them up to a location of your choice.
When you format, reinstall, or upgrade your operating system, you can easily restore all saved drivers as if using the original driver CD. After a quick system reboot, your PC will be fully operational with all necessary hardware drivers installed and ready to use.
Driver Magician includes a built-in database of the latest drivers and can automatically connect to the Internet to download updates. This feature saves valuable time when searching for compatible drivers, while updated versions help improve hardware performance. Additionally, if your PC contains unknown devices, the program can quickly identify them using its integrated hardware identifier database.
Driver Magician Key features:
- Back up the device drivers on your computer through four supported modes.
- With Driver Magician, you can restore device drivers from a backup instantly with a single click.
- Updating your PC’s device drivers enhances performance and maintains stability.
- Uninstall device drivers
- Keep the device identifier database and driver update database up to date in real time.
- Detect unknown devices.
- Back up more items, such as My Documents and Registry.
- Restore more items from backup.
- Get detailed information about the hardware drivers.
- For ultimate convenience, clone all drivers into a self-contained .EXE package. This enables you to restore drivers instantly, even without Driver Magician installed.
Driver Magician – Pros & Cons
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| ✓ Automatically detects hardware components and backs up their corresponding device drivers to a location of your choice. | ✗ The documented operating-system support is limited to Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11, with no other platforms listed. |
| ✓ Restores saved drivers with a single click, which is useful after formatting, reinstalling, or upgrading Windows. | ✗ Driver updating requires an Internet connection to download newer drivers from the program’s driver database. |
| ✓ Can connect to the Internet to download driver updates and keeps its driver update and hardware identifier databases current. | ✗ The wide range of backup and restore options extends beyond drivers and may be unnecessary for users who only need a basic driver backup utility. |
| ✓ Supports creating a self-contained EXE driver backup that can restore drivers without requiring Driver Magician to be installed. | ✗ Driver restoration is most useful when a suitable backup has already been created, so it does not replace the need to prepare a driver backup before reinstalling or upgrading Windows. |
| ✓ It goes beyond driver backup by supporting driver removal, unknown-device detection, hardware-driver details, and additional backup items such as My Documents and the Registry. | ✗ The driver update database may not immediately support every device, although the latest release specifically adds support for more devices. |
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Driver Magician restore drivers after reinstalling Windows?
Yes. You can restore drivers from a previously created backup after formatting, reinstalling, or upgrading Windows. The software is designed to restore saved drivers with a single click, followed by a system reboot if required.
Can Driver Magician back up drivers for offline use?
Yes. It can create a self-contained EXE package containing your drivers that can restore them without requiring the program to be installed. This can be particularly useful when you need to reinstall drivers on a system without an Internet connection.
Can Driver Magician identify unknown devices?
Yes. It includes a hardware identifier database that can help identify unknown devices in Windows. The database can also be updated to improve hardware identification coverage.
What is the difference between Driver Magician and IObit Driver Booster?
Driver Magician places strong emphasis on backing up, restoring, and exporting installed drivers, including self-contained driver packages. IObit Driver Booster focuses more heavily on scanning for outdated drivers and automatically downloading and installing updates from its driver database.
What’s New in Driver Magician 6.5:
Release Date 2026-01-19
- Add more devices to the driver update database.
Official Homepage – https://www.drivermagician.com
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11 (32-bit, 64-bit).
50 MB of available disk space for installation.
